Attachment for beds



L. KROUPA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS. APPLICATION FILED N0V.29I I92 0.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

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L. KROUPA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29. 1920.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LILLKIAN IKROUPA7 0F BERWYN, ILLINOIS.

Application filed rNovember 29, 1920.

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the supporting'panel is effected.

`,securing the tachment,

Be it known that I, LILLIAN KROUPA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Berwyn, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Attachments for Beds, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to attachments for beds, particularly designed for hospital use, and it has for its principal object the provision of an improved structure by which the head and body of a patient can be supported in adjusted position, and which can be employed as a table inconvenient position with respect to a patient either sitting up or reclining in the bed.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

rlhe invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and 1n wvhich,

Fig. 1 is a vertical cross section through my improved device in position on a bed,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 2a is a fragmentary view showing a corner of a pillow equipped with means for pillow upon my improved at- Fig. 3 is a viewY similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of construction,

Fig. a'is a fragmentary view showing the form of means employed in the structure of `Fig. 3 for connecting the supporting arms of my improved construction.,

Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of structure b v which a ielding mounting of Fig. 5 is a view of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 6, as seen from the right in said figure,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View similar to Fig. 3', 1 but showing a modified form of clamping means for mounting the supporting arms on the structure,

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of the end portion of one of the supporting arms, and

Fig. 8 is an end view of the panel of my structure, equipped with a modified form of means tor holding a pillow in v position thereon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922. serial No. 427,035.

Referring to the drawings, 15 indicates the head frame of a bed supporting side bars 1G in the usual well-known manner. A cross bar 17 in the form ol an angle iron is secured across the framework of the bed in fixed position thereon, being mounted in position with the horizontal iiange lowermost as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or with a horizontal flange at the top as is shown in Figs. and 6. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, brackets 18 and 19 are adjustably and detachably mounted upon the cross bar 17, such brackets being slotted at their lower ends as is best shown in Fig. 2, to fit snugly upon the flange of the angle bar, being secured in position by means of set screws 20, as is indicated in dotted lines in F ig. 1. A spacing block 21 in the form of' a long upper ends ofthe brackets 18 and 19, and a bolt 22 extends through the ends of the brackets and through the sleeve 21 for securing such parts rigidly in position with respect to each other. Arms 23 and l24 are mounted upon the end portions of the bolt 22, the lower ends of the arms being provided with radially extending grooves, as is best shown in Fig. 7, the grooves of the arms being adapted to co-operate with similarly formed grooves in the upper end portions of the brackets 18 and 19 for holding the arms in adjusted position with respect to the brackets. A spacing block 25, also in the form of a sleeve, is interposed between the upper ends of the arms 23 and 24.r a bolt 26 being employed passing through the ends of the arms and through the spacing sleeve for holding the arms in fixed position with respect to the sleeve. Arms 27 and 28 are pivotally mounted upon the end portions of the bolt 26 in position to be tightened against the arms 23 and 24 by the bolt, the arms 27 and 28 being provided with radial teeth adapted to co-operate with radial teeth on the upper ends of the arms 23 and 24 for holding the arms against swinging from adjusted position when the bolt 26 is tightened in position. The system of arms and brackets as above described is providedfor supporting adjustably in position the panel 29. which is connected between the arms 27 and 28 by means of brackets 30 and 31 which are secured vupon the back of the panel 29 and are connected to the upper ends of the arms by means of a bolt 32, a spacing block 33 sleeve is interposed between the v the form of a sleeve being interposed between the brackets 30 and 31 as 1s shown 1n Fig. 1.v The upper ends of the arms 27 and 28, and the outer faces Vof the brackets 30V and 31 are provided with radially extending teeth for holding the panel 29 in adjusted yposition when the bolt 32 is tightened for I that purpose.

By the use of the construction Vabove described, I am enabled to hold the panel '29 in position as illustrated in solid lines in Fig. 2, or in the position as shown in dotted lines in said figure, or in any other of a great'varietyof positions. In this way the anel 21 can be adjusted to meet the varying requirements of the patient. By the use ofL the slotted brackets 2O for mounting the attachment upon the framework of the bed,

the attachment is'capable of being mounted upon any bed of whatever width it may be,

` provided the framework comprises an angle iron in the desired position.

In Figs. 5 and 6, in which the horizontal web of the angle iron is located at the too n t a brackets 34 and 35 are employed of a slightly modified form, comprising van inwardly turned fiange 36 at one side, adaptedto eX- tend underneath the horizontal flange' of the angle iron, the brackets being secured adjustably in position by means of set screws 37. Inasmuch as the construction of Figs.

' 5 and 6 is in other respects similar to that deg scrlbed above, 1t 1s believed to be unnecessary the pillow.

In Fig. 8

to describe the same further herein.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and f2, the panel 29 is provided on its rear Vface with a plurality of buttons 38 which are providedfor releasably supporting a pillow 39 (see Fig. 2a) upon the front face of the panel, the pillow being secured in positionk by means of perforated strips 40 carried by I Vhave illustrated a `modified form of means for securing the pillow upon vthe front face of the panel. The means here shown comprises a strap 41 secured upon one edge of the panel and adapted to be held in position for supporting a pillow 42 thereon ,ed 1, In Fig.4 I have shown a construction byl, which a panel may be yieldingly supported in position. .55

by engagement with a buckle 43 suitably supported upon the panel atk its opposite ge. Y

The construction here shown comprises a pair of arms 44 employed in lieu of the arms 27 and 2 8 of the construction first describedthe arms 44 being perforated for-the passage therethrough of a pair of i curved fingers 45 carried by the brackets 46 Y 7., by which the panel is secured upon the arms y 44.1 Slidably mounted upon the fingers 45, there are provided coiled springs 47 which are ladapted to be adjusted along the fingers by means of collars 48 which in turn are paleis vheid adjustably in position by means of set the panel 29, and a pair of bolts 51 are pro- Y vided for ivotally connecting the arms 23 and 27 and) the. arms 24 and 28 in lieuef a single bolt 26, the spacing block 2 5A being omitted. By the' use of this construction, the armsat each endof the panel are adapted to be buckled with respect to each other for bringingthe panel A50 directly downward without interferenceV with the head frame 15, the bolts 51 being free to move toward the left in Fig. 3 without striking the vertical frame bars of the bed structure. More` over, by the use of this alternative construction, the panel 50 is adapted to be moved downward into position foruse as a table, Yas is illustrated in dotted lines in said Fig. 3, this being possible byreason of the omission of 'the bolt 26 andthe spacing bloc-k 25 as above at the opposite end.

While I have illustratedand described the preferred form of construction for` carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without, departing vfrom the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do notA wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth', but desire to vavail myselfof suchY variations and: modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

vHaving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i l i Y laAn attachment for beds, comprising a pair of brackets,Y means for detachably mounting said brackets on the frame of a' bed, arms pivotally mounted Aon said brackets, means for holding said arms in position ywith. respect to saidV brackets, means for retaining said arms either straight or buckled, vla panel pivotally mounted on said arms, and `means `for holding said panel in adjusted position with respect to the arms, the construction being'adapted to change the position of said panelvertically or independently longitudinally ofthe bed. 2. 'Anattachment for bedscomprising a .pair` ofl brackets, means for; detachably mounting said brackets on the framework of a bed, a spacing block interposed between said brackets, a bolt passing through the brakets, a pair of arms secured upon said brackets by said bolt and tightened in adjusted position thereon at opposite ends of the spacing block, a panel pivotally mounted on said arms, and means for holding said panel in adjusted position With respect to said arms.

An attachment for beds comprising a pair of brackets, means for detachably mounting said brackets on the framework of a bed, arms supported from said brackets and pivotally mounted with respect thereto, a spacing block interposed between the upper ends or' said arms, a bolt passing through said arms for tightening them upon saidV spacing block, a panel, and toothed bearing brackets secured to said panel, said brackets being mounted on said bolt and engaging' said arms by means of radial teeth for holding the panel in adjusted position with respect to said arms.

4. An attachment for beds comprising a v panel, arms pivotally mounted on said panel,

means for pivotally mounting said arms on the frame of a bed, said arms being adapted to be buckled, and means for holding said arms in adjusted position, the arrangement being such that by the adjustment of said arms the position of the panel can be changed in either a vertical direction or in the direction longitudinally of the bed indepeidently of any other movement of the pane 5, An attachment for beds comprising a panel, a pair of arms pivotally mounted on said panel, means for holding said arms in adjusted position with respect to the panel, bolts passing through the ends of said arms, a second pair of arms pivotally mounted on said bolts and held thereby in adjusted position, and means for mounting said secondnamed arms pivotally in position on a bed and for holding said second-named arms in adjusted position with respect to the bed, said panel being adapted to be supported by said arms either in raised diagonal position for supporting the patient or in horizontal position in front of the body of the patient.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LiLLIAN KRoUPA.

Vitnesses:

CLARENCE E. THREEDY, JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs. 

